- Speaker:
Elaine Weiss
- Time
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Wednesday, Mar 04, 2026 at 6:00 pm
- Location
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Great Hall, Memorial Union
- Co-Sponsors:
- Center for Cyclone Civics
- Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
- Political Science Department
- School of Education
- History Department
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Part of the America250 lecture series.
Award-winning journalist and critically acclaimed author Elaine Weiss shares the dramatic story of four social justice advocates whose audacious plan to restore voting rights to Black Americans laid the foundation of the Civil Rights Movement. Weiss offers a bracing new perspective on a pivotal historical moment, and an intimate portrait of American patriots willing to risk all to defend our democracy.
This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.